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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1921)
THE BEE: OMArjA, THURSDAY, MARCH 51. 1921 Secret Service Men Closing in On Counterfeiters Baud Found to Be Working Extensively Through Ne braska and Iowa Fed eral Notes Raised. Secret service operatives are grad ually weaving a net around a band of counterfeiters operating extensive ly through Iowa and Nebraska. Reports of the passing of raised federal reserve notes in Des Moines, Ottumwa, Keokuk, and Cliton, la., during the past week have necessi tated immediate investigation by gov ernment agents in that territory, ac cording to D. W. Dickinson, secret service operative in Omaha. Mr. Dickinson may give up a trip to Detroit, Mich., to take charge of the situation tfl Iowa. ' Sleuth in Des Moines. George Smith, secret service opera tive, has been at Des Moines during the past two days on investigation of counterfeit notes' passed on several banks in that city. The counterfeit notes are simitar to raised federal reserve notes passed in Omaha recently, accord ing to a report made by the Cen tral State bank of Des Moines to secret service officials in this city. The notes are raised from $1 de nominations to $10, and from $5 to Z0. Close on the heels of the finding of 85 counterfeit silver dollars Sun day in Jefferson Square, came re ports of counterfeit notes in exten sive circulation throughout the mid dle west. The secret service men's work has carried them during the past two weeks to small towns in South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Trace of the origin of the raised counter feit notes leads to an eastern city, according to Mr. Dickinson. Arrests in nine towns in Iowa and C...U 1 - . , I 1 udKuu nave oeen maae se cretly .during the investigation, ac cording to information from he secret service omce. Work done on the raised notes is that of an artist, examination shows. Carefully clipped corners of $10 notes are skillfully pasted on notes of $1 denomination. In some cases acid has been used to remove lettering oirthe notes of smaller de nomination and other lettering en graved on them. Sensation Expected. , Bits of sensational disclosures fol lowed the appearance of fresh inves tigators in the case. It was announced that the American Railway associa tion had assigned two men to inves tigate the shipment of explosives to nd from the wholesale establish men of Singer, Schaeffer & Co., and they were closeted with the city fire marshal for nearly an hour. The men five their names as E. J. League and . 0. Beeser, the latter said to have assisted in the investigation of the Wall street explosion. Later Shirley T. High, in charge of the fire prevention bureau, said his office had located William Singer and Nathan Schaeffer. members of the firm, who the police could not find after the explosion. , & coys Identified by Kidnaped School Editor Are Expelled Identified by John McGee, editor of the Council Bluffs High School Echoes, as two of the boys who kidnaped him last week. Richard Capell and Gregory Ouren. two students, have been suspended by Principal G. W Kirn. This is taken as the first definite . action of the school authorities against alleged existing high school fraternities in the -Bluffs, supposedly exposed by anonymous letters bearing the sig nature, "Ku Klux Klan." .McGee is a "barbarian" and is said to' have opposed the "frats" . in editorials which are blamed for his kidnaping experience. - j Home Consumption Crops Being Planted by Farmers A. P. Rhodes came in from Ham ilton county with two carloads of cattle. He said farming in his sec tion was pretty welt advanced and that the recent rain and hail had not retarded farming operations. "Plowing is earlier" than I have seen it in many years and the con sensus of opinion is that there" will be big crops put in this spring for home consumption rather than for the market. Cattlemen of both Ham ilton and Merrick counties are on the . , . f j , . marxet lor leeaers ana mere ouent be good runs of cattle this fall m those two counties." cuuee oee man r laying loii Game on Omaha Laborers Omaha police have been asked to keep an eye open for a "confidence man" who has 'been representing himself as an agent of the Standard Oil company, seeking tradesmen for work. The man, who is described as 40 or 50 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 220 pounds, and wearing a blue serge suit and grey overcoat, walks with a slight limp and after signing up carpenters, painters and men of various crafts for work at Casper, Wyo., charges them 50 apiece for railroad fare, and then drops from Sight. i Women Lawyers CLARA R. MOZZER Bluffs Station -Agent Is Hcldujp By Five Bandits Operator in Burlington Depot Robbed by Five Men Who Beat Him With ' Guns. Working her way through col lege by writing newspaper ar ticles, "Miss Clara Ruth Mozzcr of Denver, Col., today is one of the leading Portias in the coun try. Miss Mozzer, who t one time was assistant attorney gen eral for the state of Colorado, had the distinction of being the first woman officer of a legal de- pal infill ut aitj aiwifc jv, nient. She is the vouneest wora-4 an ever admitted to the Colorado bar. Burgess Urges Optimism, Says It's Well Founded Local Merchant Cites Facts And Figures Gleaned on Extensive Tour in East. Sioux City Students Quit Burning Building, Orderly Sioux City, la., March 30. Be tween. 300 and 400 school Children marched in an orderly manner out of the burning Worcester school build ing, Dace and Wall streets, at 9:1S this morning after fire, caused by spontaneous combustion in the patier packing room in the basement of the building, broke out. None of the children was hurt. The building was badly damaged. Mrs. McLaughlin Leaves Washington for Nebraska Washington, March 30. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. M. O. McLaugh- wue or me representative trom rounn ieorasKa district lett vrHinniver!arv o h par- . w York Viiy fot-. -Varoi M. (Spe- L. Kennedy. Norfolk, 1 mii' aipsomamac iicre li foV'ien t0 the State hosPi- Optimism for the business of the country as a whole and for Omaha in particular was the theme fol lowed by Ward Burgess, of the Burgess-Nash stores and president of the M. E. Smith company, in his talk on "Business Conditions of Today" at the regular meeting of the Omaha Rotary club in the Rome hotel yesterday. Mr. Burgess is just back froman extensive trip through the east, dur ing which time he discussed busi ness conditions with leading bank ers, financiers and business men of the country, as well as with the cabinet members of the new ad ministration. Mr. Burgess cited facts and fig ures to support his optimistic view of the situation. He derided the business pessimists and showed conclusively where they have no ground on -which to stand. In the last 12 months, no city in America has made the business strides that may be attributed to Omaha, he declared, and cited the arowth of his own firm, the M. E. Smith company, as a specific ex ample of this. Tine or 10 years ago. this firm opened a small factory at Ninth" and Farnam streets, for the manufacture of women's garments. '' Today this factory manufactures garments of all kinds.iie explained, and in the women's wear'departmsnt alone more than $3,000,000 annual business is being done with the de partment oversold. These Omaha made goods which, it was claimed several years ago, could never be exploited in the east ern markets, are now to be had in any of the Jeading department stores of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, he stated. Northwestern Flyer Will ( Stop Regularly at Stanton Stanton, Neb., March 30. (Spe cial.) Northwestern passenger train No. 3, known as the FlyerL on the Black Hills line, will stop regularly at Stanton, following action taken by the city council and business men here. ' Residents of Stanton have been endeavoring for several years fo effect the change which will al low them to make the trip to Omaha and return in one day, giving them sufficient time between trains for the transaction of business. Madison Doctor Will Go on Auto Tour of Old Mexico Madison, Neb., March 30. (Spe cial Telegram.) Dr. F. A. Long of Madison, one of the most enthusiastic good road- advocates in. Nebraska, has been asked by officials of the Meridian Road association to go to Mexico City with a party of road boosters Hhis summer. The Meridian road is to be extended to the Mexi can capital, Dr. Lang says he plans to accept the invitation to join the tour through old Mexico. National Guard Company Mustered in at Fremont "Fairmont, Neb., March 30. (Spe cial.) Major Lockett of Topeka, Kan., regular army inspection officer, inspected the local National guard company. Three officers and 53 men were sworn into the sen-ice and clothing ;.nd ordnance supplies will be shipped immediately. The officers of the company are: Donald Frazter, captain; Fred L. Bailey, first lieu tenant, and John S. Dean, second lieutenant. Two Kimball County Banks Agree to Consolidation Lodgepole, Neb., March 30. (Special.) The Farmers State bank and the Citizens State Bank of Dix, a town just in the edge of Kimball county, have been consolidated under the name of the Farmers State bank, so as to make a stronger in stitution and give it protection under the state guarantee fund. R. A. Bab cock, vice president of the Citizens state Bank of Fotter, is the presi- Five bandits robbed the city pas senger station of the Burlington railroad in Council Iuffs early yes terday morning and escaped. They got ?25.08 in loot. They did not touch the safe. The Burlington station is at Elev enth avenue and Mam street.. At 4:50 a. m. E. V. Glea son, night telegraph operator, was alone in the station. Two unmasked men appeared at the cage. . tie rose to nna out wnai uiev wanted, and faced the muzzles, of two revolvers through the bars of the cage. Three masked men opened the door tophi's compartment, which is walled off from the waiting room of the depot, and demanded the com bination of the safe from him. He refused to give it and they at tacked him. Each struck him once over the head with the butt of his revolver, inflicting three gashes in the scalp, but Gleason stood firm and protest ed he did not know the combination. The three men then searched his pockets and took the money from the cash drawer. All five fled, the two unmasked men running north on the tracks and the trio of masked bandits running south. Gleason's scalp wounds are not serious.. y Name Highway Commissioner Lodgepole, Neb., March 30. marH of COuntV commissioners elected J. W. Billiter of this city highway commissioner (nr riivntn rnraitv at a salarv of $150 a month and transportation. Aurora Declamatory Contest Aurora. Neb., March 30. (Spe cial.) The high school declamatory ADYERTISEME!T. CAN'T BEAT "TIZ" WHEN FEET HURT "Tiz" for sore, tired, puffed- up, aching, calloused feet or corns. Vou can be happy-footed, in a mo ment lUf "Ti and never sutler with tender, aw, burning, blistered, swollen, tired, smeliy feet. "Tiz" and only "Tiz" takes the pain and soreness out of corns, callouses ani bunions. As soon as you put your feet in a Tiz" bath, you just, feel the happi ness soaking in. .now gooa your ooor. old feet feel. They want to dance for poy. "Tiz" is grand. "Tiz" instantly draws out all the poisonous exudations which puff up your feet and cause sore, inflamed, aching sweaty,, smelly feet. Get a box of liz at any drug store or department store. Get in stant foot relief. Laugh at foot suf ferers who complain. Because your feet are never, never going to bother or make you limp any more. LS-'-sdMisrAarer Noblk The winners will attend the district contest at Kearney on April 10. Des Moines Flooded With Fake Currency Des Moines,- March 30. Some thing new in the manipulation of bank notes was sprung on the mer chants of Des Moines today, when a number of $5 bills raised to 20s, were passed in all parts of the city. All morning banks were recei ing the faked money in deposits customers and up till 4 o'clock more than $400 had been discovered. Bank officials declare it to be the work of an artist of exceptional ability, the work being smooth and except for one detail, the change' is very hard to detect. Bloomfield Fanner Found Dead in Road After Ruuaway Bloomfield. Neb., March 30. (Special.) Albert Daniels 37, farni er living near here, was killed when the 'team he was driving from Bloomfield to his home ran away. I JJjyxeis was subject to epileptic LfXand it is thought that he sus tained one of the attacks and either fell ' or was thrown from the sat in the buggy. The runaway .team 'Was seen by neighbors. A search was made and the farmer was found lying in the mud at the side of the road. He is survived by his wife and four children. fNew Shirts AT THE Right Prices J If 1 4fc 35 I Thursday $ is is what healed my skin trouble Kesinoi "Knm T rinn'f hnxrft tft ft Void BeODlC because of embarrassing skin trou ble, or lie awake nours at nignr, tor mented by Intense itching. Hesinol nintment did it. 1 After th first ap plication of this soothing ointment, I felt sucn blessed reuex in a soon time the inflammation was reancea ut tha ItWiW stonned. Now mv eczema is entirely gone. I used Bes- inol Soap as directed wira it ana have found Resinol Shaving Stick to be the best on the market for . clean, easy shave." Retinal trio at all druggists. Unutual neat patterns for elderly men, also brighter hues for the younger fcllotv. Choose from an un limited assortment at $1.35. Rugs and Draperies Are Low Priced In Price Revision Sale Union Outfitting Co. Save by Refurnishing Your Home During the 'Final Day of This Sale. If you would like to improve the appearance of the Living Room with a new rug or are plan ning on new draperies after housecleaning, you can save inany a dollar by taking advan tage of the reductions in ,the "Price Revision" Sale . at the Union Outfitting Co. Long-wearing rugs in a wfde range of beautiful colors and patterns and Lace Curtains in every wanted quality have had radical price cuts. And, as al ways, you make your own terms. Advertisement dent. Harvard Declamatory Contest Harvard, Neb.', March 30. (Spe cial.) Miss Clara Schnell won first prize in the high school declamatory contest here. Elizabeth Schaff won second and Marjorie Ayton third place. I mi i ATHLETIC no 11 71 Values to $2.00. Now Going At 3) BUY'YOUR SUPPLY of Summer Underwear NOW Grides : LISLE HOSE Colors. 1 9c SIX PAIR $ -j! 00 'FOR Going Out on D 17 Business t9Hbl STORE NO. 1 cor?AP;?sAToEm 315$o.16th St. WELCOME, NEBRASKA TEACHERS Small Women's Dresses Women's Dresses A pdal PMrdnais Throe; BraMds9 MewYwk ffffte ate it 66 at this1 prae So ami ,winitS99 Mignonettes Georgettes Taffetas The price asked would not pay for the materials alonel These are dresses for street, business and af ternoon wear; taffetas in youthful ruffled, paneled and apron effects; georgettes and embroidered mignonettes; in all the spring shades ; special at Second Floor West Women's and Misses' Beautiful lew Wraps and Coats in a Sale Sale Price for immediate wear! Several of higher-priced authentic models are offered during this sale at a price that seems afmost impossible. The beauty and fascination of these new models can only be iujly appreciated by having one placed on your shoulders. Charming new cape effects, wing sleeves, Tuxedo collars, emDroidered and tassel trimmed in irresistible fabrics Silvertin, Bo livias, Suedines, Cut Ve lours, Orlando, Veldyne and Normandy Cloths in all the wanted shades Black, Navy, Copen, Brown, Beaver, Wren, Tan, Taupe, Pewter r Gray, Green and Ostrich. Second Floor WetA a A Super Bargain! 1,150. Jersey Silk Vests mi Bloomers An opportunity that is great because it offers a remarkable saving. In plain or embroi dered; bodice or regulation styles; flesh or white ; in all sizes ; on sale Thurs day at, per garment, 95 Each Third Floor Center 3 Wonder Bargains in Our Enlarged Basement Men's Store 99 "Oh-hl Look, Daddy! A Well-Timed Purchase Brings This Greatest Special Offer of Boys' T 7 Shirts and Blouses 5,000 of these popular garments, all new spring styles; offered at special prices which should prompt heavy buying. The materials are 80 square percales, printed and corded madras and oxford cloths, all guaranteed to be fast colored. These are numerous patterns of the kinds best suited for boys. . Shirts "TOH S AWYE1" Bio uses US Sale Thursday Price Specials 95C Price All shirts are neatly made in attached collar and neckband styles, with soft turnback .cuffs; every attractive and serviceable style; 1 1 Q size 12 to 14; at the special price of X 17 Very durable garments, well made and fin- ished in attached collar style ; choice of plain or soft turnback cuffs; sizes 6 to 16 years, QC at the special price of . wuC f 2100lfonS Every one exceptionally well made; they represent the overproduction of the makers and if bought and sold in the regular wsy would retail at much higher prices; the majority are in the popular 5-button front coat style with soft cuffs; the materials are fine, soft finished percales, jacquard figured materials and fine fancy striped madras; hundreds of patterns to choose from, and all sizes from 14 to 17; at a special price of f s . 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